(30KB)| Table 120. | Percentage of students at or above selected geography achievement levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001 |
| Selected student characteristic | Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient | At advanced | Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient | At advanced | Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient | At advanced | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| All students | 26 | (1.2) | 74 | (1.2) | 21 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.3) | 26 | (0.9) | 74 | (0.9) | 30 | (1.2) | 4 | (0.6) | 29 | (0.9) | 71 | (0.9) | 25 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 25 | (1.3) | 75 | (1.3) | 24 | (1.4) | 3 | (0.5) | 25 | (1.0) | 75 | (1.0) | 33 | (1.5) | 5 | (0.7) | 27 | (1.1) | 73 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.5) | 2 | (0.4) |
| Female | 28 | (1.6) | 72 | (1.6) | 18 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.4) | 27 | (1.2) | 73 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.4) | 3 | (0.6) | 30 | (1.0) | 70 | (1.0) | 21 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 13 | (1.3) | 87 | (1.3) | 29 | (1.5) | 3 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.9) | 86 | (0.9) | 39 | (1.7) | 5 | (0.8) | 19 | (0.9) | 81 | (0.9) | 31 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.4) |
| Black | 56 | (2.1) | 44 | (2.1) | 5 | (0.9) | # | (†) | 60 | (2.3) | 40 | (2.3) | 6 | (0.8) | # | (†) | 65 | (2.3) | 35 | (2.3) | 4 | (0.7) | # | (†) |
| Hispanic | 51 | (3.0) | 49 | (3.0) | 6 | (1.0) | # | (†) | 52 | (1.9) | 48 | (1.9) | 10 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.2) | 48 | (2.6) | 52 | (2.6) | 10 | (1.4) | # | (†) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 23 | (3.4) | 77 | (3.4) | 25 | (3.0) | 1 | (0.9) | 21 | (3.4) | 79 | (3.4) | 32 | (3.2) | 4 | (1.8) | 28 | (4.3) | 72 | (4.3) | 26 | (4.7) | 1 | (0.7) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 49 | (2.2) | 51 | (2.2) | 6 | (0.9) | # | (†) | 50 | (1.8) | 50 | (1.8) | 11 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.3) | 49 | (2.3) | 51 | (2.3) | 11 | (1.6) | # | (†) |
| Not eligible | 14 | (1.1) | 86 | (1.1) | 29 | (1.5) | 3 | (0.6) | 17 | (0.9) | 83 | (0.9) | 37 | (1.7) | 5 | (0.8) | 25 | (1.2) | 75 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.6) | 1 | (0.4) |
| Not available | 16 | (2.5) | 84 | (2.5) | 27 | (3.2) | 3 | (0.8) | 21 | (2.1) | 79 | (2.1) | 33 | (2.5) | 4 | (0.9) | 24 | (2.0) | 76 | (2.0) | 31 | (2.1) | 2 | (0.4) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 22 | (3.7) | 78 | (3.7) | 24 | (2.2) | 3 | (0.9) | 22 | (2.5) | 78 | (2.5) | 34 | (3.3) | 4 | (1.3) | 29 | (2.3) | 71 | (2.3) | 26 | (4.1) | 2 | (1.1) |
| Southeast | 28 | (2.5) | 72 | (2.5) | 18 | (1.9) | 1 | (0.6) | 27 | (2.4) | 73 | (2.4) | 26 | (1.6) | 3 | (0.6) | 33 | (1.6) | 67 | (1.6) | 21 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Central | 18 | (1.7) | 82 | (1.7) | 30 | (2.5) | 3 | (0.7) | 18 | (2.3) | 82 | (2.3) | 38 | (3.7) | 6 | (1.3) | 24 | (1.8) | 76 | (1.8) | 28 | (1.9) | 1 | (0.5) |
| West | 34 | (2.7) | 66 | (2.7) | 14 | (1.7) | 1 | (0.3) | 34 | (1.7) | 66 | (1.7) | 23 | (1.7) | 2 | (0.6) | 30 | (1.9) | 70 | (1.9) | 23 | (1.8) | 1 | (0.4) |
| † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability (and the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in geography). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.) |